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Book SynopsisMinistries of foreign affairs are prominent institutions at the heart of state diplomacy. Although they have lost their monopoly on the making of national foreign policies, they still are the operators of key practices associated with diplomacy: communication, representation and negotiation. Often studied in a monographic way, ministries of foreign affairs are undergoing an adaptation of their practices that require a global approach. This book fills a gap in the literature by approaching ministries of foreign affairs in a comparative and comprehensive way. The best international specialists in the field provide methodological and theoretical insights into how best to study institutions that remain crucial for the world diplomacy. Contributors are: Thierry Balzacq, Guillaume Beaud, Gabriel Castillo, Andrew Cooper, Rhys Crilley, Jason Dittmer, Mikael Ekman, Bruno Figueroa, Karla Gobo, Minda Holm, Marcus Holmes, Walid Jumblatt Abdullah, Nikolaj Juncher Waedegaard, Casper Klynge, Halvard Leira, Christian Lequesne, Ilan Manor, Jan Melissen, Iver B. Neumann, Birgitta Niklasson, Kim B. Olsen, Pierre-Bruno Ruffini, Claudia Santos, Jorge A. Schiavon, Damien Spry, Kamna Tiwary, Geoffrey Wiseman, and Reuben Wong.
Table of ContentsList of Contributors 1 Ministries of Foreign Affairs: A Crucial Institution to be Revisited Christian Lequesne Part 1: Recruitment and Career 2 The Social Origin of Career Diplomats in Brazil’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs: Still an Upper-Class Elite? Karla Gobo and Claudia Santos 3 The Gendered Networking of Diplomats Birgitta Niklasson 4 Ethnic Diversity in the Recruitment of Diplomats: Why MFA s Take the Issue Seriously Christian Lequesne, Gabriel Castillo, Minda Holm, Walid Jumblatt Abdullah, Halvard Leira, Kamna Tiwary and Reuben Wong 5 The Making of a Diplomatic Elite in a Revolutionary State: Loyalty, Expertise and Representativeness in Iran’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs Guillaume Beaud Part 2: Diplomacy and Politics 6 Expertise and Politics in Ministries of Foreign Affairs: The Politician-Diplomat Nexus Geoffrey Wiseman 7 The Impact of Leader-Centric Populism on Career Diplomats: Tests of Loyalty, Voice, and Exit in Ministries of Foreign Affairs Andrew F. Cooper 8 The Impact of Globalisation and Neoliberal Structural Reforms on the Mexican Ministry of Foreign Affairs Jorge A. Schiavon and Bruno Figueroa Part 3: New Policy Practices 9 Implementing the EU’s Russia Sanctions: A Geoeconomic Test Case for French and German Ministries of Foreign Affairs Kim B. Olsen 10 Ministries of Foreign Affairs and the Challenge of Science Diplomacy Pierre-Bruno Ruffini 11 Consular Diplomacy in the Era of Growing Mobility Jan Melissen 12 Diplomacy in the Digital Age: Lessons from Denmark’s TechPlomacy Initiative Casper Klynge, Mikael Ekman and Nikolaj Juncher Waedegaard 13 The Mediatisation of Ministries of Foreign Affairs: Diplomacy in the New Media Ecology Ilan Manor and Rhys Crilley 14 From Delhi to Dili: Facebook Diplomacy by Ministries of Foreign Affairs in the Asia-Pacific Damien Spry Part 4: Researching and Theorising mfa s 15 Approaching Ministries of Foreign Affairs through Ethnographic Work Iver B. Neumann 16 Diplomacy in the Rearview Mirror: Implications of Face-to-Face Diplomacy Ritual Disruption for Ministries of Foreign Affairs Marcus Holmes 17 Distributed Agency: Foreign Policy sans MFA Jason Dittmer 18 The Site of Foreign Policy: A Field Theory Account of Ministries of Foreign Affairs Thierry Balzacq Index
